cybertools/relation/interfaces.py
helmutm ab263bee19 work in progress: cybertools.relation package
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# Copyright (c) 2005 Helmut Merz helmutm@cy55.de
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"""
interface definitions for the Relations utility and relation objects.
$Id$
"""
from zope.interface import Interface, Attribute
class IRelationsRegistry(Interface):
""" Local utility for registering (cataloguing) and searching relations.
"""
def register(relation):
""" Register the relation given with this registry.
"""
def unregister(relation):
""" Remove the relation given from this registry.
"""
def query(**kw):
""" Return a list of relations that fulfill the criteria given.
Example: rr.queryRelations(first=someObject, second=anotherObject,
relationship='a.dotted.name')
"""
class IRelation(Interface):
""" Base class for relations.
"""
relationship = Attribute(
'A string specific for a kind of relation; e.g. the full module '
'path and class name of the class implementing a certain type of relation.')
class IDyadicRelation(IRelation):
""" Relation connecting two objects.
"""
first = Attribute('First object that belongs to the relation.')
second = Attribute('Second object that belongs to the relation.')
class ITriadicRelation(IDyadicRelation):
""" Relation connecting three objects.
"""
third = Attribute('Third object that belongs to the relation.')